Saw a buddy today and he was fussing about a new chainsaw chain he had bought. He said it wouldn’t cut at all, but just rubbed a groove in the tree bark. Wellllllll, I hated to tell him but I had to. Your chain is on backwards, I said. Well, how could that be, he said. I said it’s easy to put it on backwards, and uuuuuh a guy I know did it some years ago. A friend.....yeah, a friend....

Lol whoops!

Is this another Aggie joke?

What's that noise?

At least I’m not the only dummy that has done that

Yep, I’ve done it myself.

Was told years ago three things you never loan out women, guns and chainsaws they never come back the same.
Had a friend do the same thing years ago, it's easy to do for someone not used to using a chainsaw.

He asked me not to tell anyone. I’m just telling ya’ll. Like my Mom used to say, “let’s just keep this in the bosom of the family”. The THF family will do.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

If he had an Echo, I’d have told him that was the problem and that he needed a Stihl. But it’s a Stihl, so I didn’t go there.

And besides, Bill, I couldn’t keep this to myself. I had to share.

Winston Churchill once said that two people could keep a secret only if one of them was dead.

Chains have small arrows on them.

A "friend" did it once. No shame in that.

Been there done that LOL!

Sad part is it took him HOW long to basically burn through the bark before he realized a new chain didn’t cut like butter. That’s kind of ridiculous imho. A man should know better

HEY! Sometimes we all get a little backwards.....

Done it myself once, but I figured it out pretty quick.

JR

Heck I’m sure I’ve even done it myself but no sooner than you put the blade on the tree, you know there’s a problem

What would it take to get your remove that pig?

X2

I have to own that too.

This is why it's easier for some to just call The Man.

Been there done that at least once.

I have an Aggie neighbor who fell on hard times and started praying for winning the lottery. On day seven a voice came down and replied ,"please buy a lottery ticket."

they come with directions but you have to read them.

I ever see someone standing next to a tree with a chainsaw, reading directions and they ask for help, I’m standing back